Friday morning, Jeffrey Johnson was shot and killed by two veteran officers of the NYPD after he shot and murdered a former co-worker.

During this dramatic confrontation outside of the Empire State Building, the NYPD can confirm now that all nine people wounded in the crossfire were struck by the bullets fired from the two officers.

According to the police, Officer Craig Matthews shot seven times while Officer Robert Sinishtaj fired nine times. They killed the empire gunman and inadvertently wounded nine others who then laid bleeding on the sidewalk.

In the video above, you can see both parties open fire while civilians scatter about. So far, three people remain hospitalized but everyone is in stable condition. Thank goodness!

The 2nd amendment of the constitution states that we have the right to bear arms in order to maintain a militia. This amendment was put in place in a time when our country did not have a formal army. It is a stupid and outdated right and clearly a right that the people of our country cannot handle.

Re: Lady Who? – You're an idiot. When you look at how out of control cops are becoming every single day. Every single day you see something on the news about cops using excessive force, killing someone they didn't need to, corruption, violating our rights,etc. When it comes to 'peace officers', cops end up being less worthy of carrying firearms than civilians and other LAW ABIDING gun owners. This video basically proves that.

Re: alinik – Do you actually know the numbers at hand? Assuming you know basic math and you're intelligent enough to know what a grater and less than number is..You'll know that with the population we have, the amount of firearms we have and the amount of armed people we have gun crime is actually statistically anomalies. Most gun deaths are suicide. Take that out of the equation and the majority of gun crime is actually committed by illegally obtained firearms by people who are not legally allowed to own one. Blacks in inner city poor neighborhoods (ghettos) account for most gun crime. 311 million people, 200+ million firearms, 40-50% of this nation is armed. Yet, theres only 10-15k gun deaths AS A RESULT OF CRIME each year. DUI related fatalities, car accidents, deaths on illegal/legal OTC drugs all SURPASS gun deaths via crime.

Do you know what it looks like for citizens not to have guns? Look at Mexico they have some of the strictest gun laws and people with illegal guns are running a muck, it's sooo scary over there. And obviously it wasn't the gun man who wounded people in this case.
How many rights do you want to give up?

Not sure what the laws are in NY, but here in Southern California, my cousin is a range master for a local police department and all the police have to pass a shooting test every 30 or 60 days or get put on desk duty until they pass.

First off owning a gun in NYC is illegal. So all you gun control freaks need to lay off. This type of thing would have happened anyway regardless of gun laws. Second, for crying out loud these cops can't hit the broad side of a barn. I hope the people they shot sue the city into oblivion.

Re: Lady Who? – It's no smoke screen. You're attempting to argue with unbiased facts. Theres no smoke screen there lmao. So, you are arguing against statistical FACTS. Which basically makes you a fucking idiot and you have no argument.

More innocent people are killed by some idiot that gets drunk and gets behind the wheel of a car than guns. I bet you don't cry "ZOMG BAN ALCOHOL ZOMG BAN CARS" probably because you enjoy getting hammered and being a slut. Well I enjoy firearms, I was hit by someone that was under the influence. You don't see me saying to ban alcohol.

Re: dan the man – Not true. He bought his gun legally in Florida. If guns were not legal everywhere, this wouldn't happen, or at least would have been more difficult, giving time for someone to find out what he planned to do.

Quit knocking the police. For every few possible mishaps they may have that the media reports there are THOUSANDS of stuff THEY DO RIGHT! They put their lives on the line every single day. It's easy to sit back and criticize when you don't have to do what they live every single day. If they injured 9 people - not saying that's good BUT maybe by killing the gunman they also saved the other nine too.

perez warns that this video contains disturbing content and yet plays it anyway knowing we will be shown it on repeat. perhaps these types of incidents should never be shown as they are desensitizing. maybe that will help to curb incidents like this. just saying. let's leave the psychological mumbo jumbo to the experts, yeah?